February 18, 1947 -Â December 18, 2020
Lyle Harmon was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 18, 1947, to Forrest Ward Lundin and Vera Cecelia (Willhelm) Lundin. It was Mardi Gras Day. Vera was not happy about missing the festivities to bring the youngest Lundin child into the world.
Before the age of 20, Lyle lived a gypsy lifestyle with her family. She ate oyster on the half shell at the Acme Oyster Company, while her family ran a couple of antique shops in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
From Louisiana, they moved across the upper gulf coast, to Mississippi then Alabama. Her father s pursuit of jobs in antiques took them through Tennessee and Pennsylvania. Fleeing one of the worst winters in Pennsylvania history, they moved to Arizona, where Lyle lived from the age of 8 to 16. Lyle rode horses across the desert under the stars and played basketball on roller-skates.